سَقَيناهُwe made him drink بِأَهوىat Ahwā كَأسَa cup حَنِفٍprobably death (حَنِفٍ appears to be a misprint for حَتْفٍ)
سَقَيناهُ بِأَهوى كَأسَ حَنِفٍ
تَحَساهاhe sipped it مَعَwith العَلَقِthe clotted blood اللُعاباthe saliva
تَحَساها مَعَ العَلَقِ اللُعابا
At Ahwā, we made him drink a cup of bitter colocynth;
At Ahwā we made him drink a cup of death,
He sipped it down with clotted blood and saliva.
Which he sipped down with clotted blood and saliva.
